Wedding present for SIL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not get something they can keep and use forever... like a nice large wooden storage trunk. Then you can fill it with some other nice household items, like a blanket, new kitchen mugs, new linens, new towels, kitchen untensils, and maybe even a nice $200 restaurant gift card!

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As a person who got married less than 2 years ago, let me reiterate and summarize some very wise advice from PPs:

1. Do not go off registry, especially with anything large. Most newlyweds are crunched for space. Even if they have 3000+ sq ft, they still do not want a large trunk, large painting, etc. unless they picked it out themselves.

2. Do not go off registry with anything personalized. You may think you have great taste and they may have even told you in the past that they liked personalized things you've done in the past. They were being gracious and polite, but perhaps not being honest.

3. If you do experience gifts, make it convenient, affordable and without an expiration date. Do not give someone a $50 gift card for a restaurant that is $200 per person like Inn at Little Washington. Do not buy me a Groupon or Living Social thing that will be impossible to schedule. Recognize that the wedding year was crazy busy and we might not be able to sign up for those kayaking lessons until the following summer.

This!!!

[Anonymous]

I got married within two months of my brother, so we all had the same difficulty. We each gave the other cash, and a note, saying we'd get them something special for the one year anniversary. That was perfect: my SIL got us a night at a B&B (which we loved) and we paid for a plane ticket for them for a trip they wanted. You know the first year is crazy, cash works out well, and we all had a great time thinking of something we didn't get but wanted.

[Anonymous]

One of our gifts (because we like wine) was a set of anniversary bottles of wine; 1 year, 5 yr, 10 yr, 15 yr, 20 yr- I imagine any good wine boutique would be able to help with this and which bottles are to age for how long. I doubt the cost was more than 200-250

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got a gorgeous silver ring holder for me and DH to keep our rings on when in the shower or whatever. It has two little lovebirds on it, but you can really go with anything. It was my favorite gift ad very meaningful!

We, too, got a ring holder except it was from Waterford. We use it all the time since we don't wear our wedding rings 24/7. It doesn't take up much space, is very practical (which I love) and not very expensive (which I also appreciate).

[Anonymous]

If you know she just wants cash or GC's give her cash or GC's lol. Don't agonize over another present, may be a waste of time anyway.

A lot of things mentioned here would be no good for me - I never buy stuff of etsy, I just wouldn't use a ring holder, I do not care for personalized stuff, don't like knick knacks, framed calligraphy etc is just not my thing. No offense to anyone.

[Anonymous]

If you don't give cash, make sure there is a gift receipt!

[Anonymous]

We had a friend give us three bottles of wine for a wedding gift, and each was labelled with the date we were to drink it -- one month, six months, and one year. Each bottle was nicer than the one before. It was a really thoughtful gift that was personal without being personalized, if that makes sense.